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The Venture Fund That Turned the YC Alumni Group Chat Into an AI Investing Machine
Orange Collective has made a narrow bet with a wide network: let more than 150 YC alumni help spot the AI founders worth backing. The result is part venture fund, part expert panel and part software-assisted research desk.
Saris AI
Saris AI builds agentic AI workflow agents that automate the repetitive, high-volume back-office work at banks and credit unions - lending, underwriting, compliance, and operations - without replacing the core systems institutions already run. Founded in 2024 by the ex-Oohlala Mobile team, the Montreal- and San Francisco-based company trains agents on each institution's own workflows to execute multi-step tasks under human supervision. In May 2026 it raised a $28.8M Series A led by 8VC to scale deployments and deepen integrations with partners like Fiserv, MeridianLink, and Encompass.